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Looks like I'm heading to LA for a week or two to deal with a health crisis in the family - I'm taking a web based summer class plus I'll want to be able to send some email - of course at home I'm spoiled with DSL

I'll be on the powerbook -----

The obvious choices are Earthlink - NetZero - People PC ....

Need someone who has a lot of access numbers - works well on a mac - doesn't load a ton-o-crap on the system

maybe, but netzero is cheaper, peoplepc has a smart dialer, if you really dont wanna search for the number in your area. and earthlink is .. ok.. my sister has it on her pc, not exactly fast.. then again she has a pc and she has viruses and spyware.. im not including the antivirus protection stuff because macs dont get viruses! hurray!

Does People PC support the Mac? I might be mixing them with someone else, but I was pretty sure they had no Mac support. You have to use their dialer that is for sure. If you had more time, there is a Dialup that is availble everywhere in calif that I like if I have to use Dialup called bigvalley.net. You use the normal OSX or Windows dialer and no software has to be installed.

EarthLink owns PeoplePC, so they have the same exact pop numbers. PeoplePC does not support Macs, or at least it didn't when EarthLink canned us all last year. If all you need is a dial up for is a week or so, I would look into what local providers there are where you are going and see if they have any deals or low usage plans.

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MAC: a data communication protocol sub-layer, also known as the Media Access Control
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mac: a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
MAC: a data communication protocol sub-layer, also known as the Media Access Control
Mac: a brand name which covers several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc.